Hair-straightener.



'No. 846,183. PATENTED MAR. 5, 1907.

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HAIR STRA IGHTBNER, APPLICATION FILED APB.30.1906.

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CHARLES C. CALL, OF HAYDEN, INDIANA.

HAIR-STRAIGHTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 5, 1907.

Application filed April 30, 1906. Serial No. 314,521.

To all whom if; may concern.- Be it known that I, CHARLEs C. CALL, acitizen of the United States, residing at Hayden, in the county ofJennings and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Hair-Straighteners, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in methods of anddevices for straightening curly kinky hair.

The invention especially contemplates novel means for attaining thisobject in which the hair is subjected to a strain simultaneously indifferent directions.

In connection with the above general object the invention specificallycomprises interfitting irons adapted to be heated and to grasp the hairtherebetween.

A further object of the invention is the provision of handles by whichsaid irons are carried and which in the operative position of the deviceare offset at an angle of approximately forty-five degrees from thelIOIlS.

The detailed construction will appear in the course of the followingdescription, in which reference is had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part of this specification, like numerals designating likeparts throughout the several views, wherein Figure 1 is a perspectiveview illustrating the hair-straightener constructed in accordance withmy invention, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the irons spreadapart.

In the practical embodiment of my invention I employ a pair of irons 1and 2. These irons are each provided throughout their lineal extent withcoextensive transverse corrugations 3, designed to interiit one anotherin the confronting relation of the irons in practical use. The irons 1and 2 are provided at their ends with rearwardly-extend ing shanks 1,which intersect one another and are pivotally united at their junctionby a screw 5. Handles 6 are provided at the ends of the shanks 4;, bywhich the irons 1 and 2 are manipulated.

With reference to Fig. 2 it will be noted by the dot-and-dash line 7that the longitudinal axis of the handles 6 lies at an angle ofapproximately forty-five degrees to the plane of the irons 2 in theiroperative position.

In practical use the irons 1 and 2 are heated in any desired manner andare then closed with the corrugations 3 extending in a verticaldirection upon a mass of hair. In this operation the device ismanipulated by grasping the handles 6. The irons 1 and 2, with thecorrugations 3 in their interfitting position, are moved substantiallyin a vertical plane and at the same time at a slight angle to aperpendicular line. This mode of use causes a strain to be imparted tothe hair in the direction of relative movement of the irons 1' and 2 andin the direction of angular displacement of said irons from the verticaldirection of the corrugations 3, between which the hair is clamped. Theresult of the above method of use is that the hair being subjected toheat and to a pulling strain is released from the irons 1 and 2perfectly straight.

It is obvious that various changes may be made in the invention withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope thereof as defined in the appendedclaims.

Having fully described my invention, I claim 1.- A hair-straightener,comprising a pair of solid plates with transverse interfitting teeth oftriangular cross-section and a pair of crossed handles secured thereto.

2. A hair-straightener, comprising a pair of solid plates withtransverse interfitting teeth of triangular cross-section and a pair ofcrossed handles secured thereto and extending therefrom at an angle tothe plane as well as to the longitudinal axis of said plates.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES C. CALL.

Witnesses:

D. BROWN, WM. C. SHERWOOD.

